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TDK Germany GmbH: Notification pursuant to sec. 23 para. 2 WpUG
DUSSELDORF, Germany-(Business Wire)-October 2, 2008 - On 25 August 2008, TDK Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (the "Bidder"), published the offer document for its voluntary public takeover offer (the "Offer") to the shareholders of EPCOS AG, Munich, Germany ("EPCOS"), to acquire all their non-par value registered shares (ISIN DE0005128003) in EPCOS (collectively the “EPCOS Shares“ and individually an "EPCOS Share") against payment of a cash consideration amounting to EUR 17.85 per EPCOS Share. On 22 September 2008 the Bidder published an amendment to the Offer pursuant to sec. 21 WpÜG. The Offer and the document for the amendment of the Offer have been made available on the internet at the website http://www.tdk-germany-gmbh.com. The acceptance period for the Offer expires on 7 October 2008, 24:00 h (local time at Frankfurt a.M., Federal Republic of Germany), unless being extended pursuant to the provisions of the WpÜG.
On 1 October 2008, i.e. after the publication of the offer document, the Bidder's parent company, TDK Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, a person acting in concert with the Bidder within the meaning of sec. 2 para. 5 sentence 3 WpÜG, has purchased 320,742 EPCOS Shares outside the offer at the maximum cash price of EUR 17.85 per share via the stock exchange and an additional 646,179 EPCOS Shares for a cash price of EUR 17.85 per share off-market. These 966,921 EPCOS Shares correspond to approximately 1.46% of the share capital and the voting rights of EPCOS. The title in these EPCOS Shares will presumably be transferred to TDK Corporation on 6 October 2008.
Düsseldorf, this 2 October 2008
TDK Germany GmbH
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